How To Blend Textures With Photos In Photoshop

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Step 1
In order to add a texture to an image the first step is to place the texture layer over the image. Lets open the image landscape. This is our base image on which we will apply textures.

Step 2
Now open the desired texture image in our case texture!. "elect all by pressing #trl $ % and copy by pressing #trl $ #. &o bac' to our initial image and paste by pressing #trl $ (.

Now resi)e the texture in order to cover all the image. *ress #trl $ T to enter +ree Transform and resi)e the texture.

Step 3
#hange the blending mode of the texture layer to ,ultiply and there you have it your first textured image-

It loo's a bit dar' so lets lower the opacity to .!/.

Step 4
It loo's interesting but a bit faded. Lets try some interesting blending modes. #hange the texture layer blending mode to "oft Light 0"oft Light is a wea'er version of 1verlay2 and boost the 1pacity all the way to !33/. "ee how the contrast is higher and the colors are richer.

Step 5
Lets try some other textures. Turn off the visibility of the texture! layer for now by clic'ing on the little eye icon next to the layer thumbnail.

*lace texture4 in our file by following the instructions from step 4. Notice how this is a richer texture with dar'er tones.

Lets try another interesting blending mode 5 "creen. #hange the blending mode of the texture4 layer to "creen and lower the 1pacity to 67/. Now the image loo's worn out and old.

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%nother interesting thing to do is to invert the texture. *ress #trl $ I and notice how the texture changes.

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Lets try yet another texture. Turn off the visibility of the texture4 layer and place the texture6 layer as explained in step 4.

#hange the blending mode of texture6 layer to (ivid Light and lower the +ill to 86/. It loo's 9uite nice-

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:ut what if we want to preserve the original colors of our image; In that case desaturate the texture layer 0texture62 by pressing #trl $ "hift $ <. Now we have a blac' and white version of the texture with our image thus preserving the colors present in the image.

Step #
Lets try some more blending modes. #hange the texture6 blending mode to =ard ,ix. This is a very strong blending mode that boosts the color to extreme. Lower the +ill value to >7/. ?ou can also try every other blending mode and see how it loo's li'e. If you feel courageous you can turn on the visibility of all the layers and play with their 1pacity values and blending modes.

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%s a little bonus I will show you how to add texture to an image using the image itself. Turn off the visibility of all the texture layers and clic' on the :ac'ground layer in order to ma'e it active. *ress #trl $ @ to duplicate the layer.

#lic' on the @uplicate layer and enter +ree Transform 0#trl $ T2. AightBclic' somewhere on the image and from the dropdown menu choose +lip =ori)ontally. *ress Cnter when youre done.

Step 11
Now change the blending mode of the @uplicate layer to 1verlay. =mmm interesting effect with the symmetry and all but its obvious that the image was flipped hori)ontally. Thats true but we will address that issue in the next step.

Step 12
%dd a layer mas' to the @uplicate layer by choosing Layer D Layer ,as' D Aeveal %ll.

#lic' on the layer mas' in order to ma'e it active and go to +ilter D Aender D #louds. =ey loo' at that- The image doesnt loo' so symmetrical now- ?ou can further hide portions of the @uplicate texture by painting with a blac' brush in the layer mas'.

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)et&s summari*e+ Here are the steps to ,lend textures with photosB place the texture layer over the image layer 0step 42 B try blending modes until you find one that you li'e 0the best guesses are ,ultiply 1verlay "oft Light "creen and =ard ,ix2 0step 62 B lower the opacity of the texture layer if the effect is too strong 0step 62 B if you want to preserve the colors of the original image then desaturate the texture 0step 72 B inverting the texture will provide you with a different loo' right away 0step 82.